Soft collar.



E. 1 -QUIGLEY. SOFT COLLAR APPLICATION FILED IUNE29. I914.

Patented Sept 26,1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. as, 1915.

Application filed June 29, 1914. Serial No. 847,840. 7

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD-J. QUIGLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soft Collars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collars, more particularly to soft or negligc collars, and the objects of the invention are to provide a soft or negl'ige collar which when in use will have many of the advantages of a stilt collar without the use of celluloid strips or similar separate stiffening means, or without the use of additional plies of cloth applied to the neck band about the button holes.

Further objects of the invention are to provide the collar with integral stiffening means that in no way interfere with the appearance, comfort or laundrying of the collar.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar inade in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. l is a view showing the collar and extension tabs laid out flat.

In the present instance designates the top or outer portion and B the neck band or inner portion of the collar which is usually made of two or lnore plies, of linen, silk or cotton sewn together and cut to form a turned down collar such as shown in Fig. 1.

In orderto obviate starchine the collar to keep it upright when in use, folding tabs secured to the front and back of the collar are provided for :urromplishing this purpose.

The front of the collar is supported by means of a front extension tab (l secured to the edge of one of the tabs l) of the neck band. The front tab (l is shaped to conform to the neck band tab D when the same is.folded back along: the line E. as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, to support the front portion of the collar. ho front tab 0 is provided with a suitable button hole F which registers with the button hole G when the same is folded into position for use.

The back of the collar is supported by means of a back extension tab ll secured to the edge of the neck band adjacent the back button hole of the collar. The back tab ll is arranged to be folded back along the line K, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to support the.

back of the collar. The back tab H is provided with a button hole L, which overlaps a recess M in the neck band when the tab H is folded back in use. The recess M is preferably made larger than the button hole L so as to permit of the easy insertion of the back collar button into the button hole L.

From the above it will be seen that it is a very easy matter to starch the front and back extension tabs without starching the rest of the collar, and these tabs when starched and folded into position will hold the unstarched portions of the collar into shape and prevent their sagging.

Extension tabs such as described are far superior to separate stiffening members for supporting the collar, as stiffening members are hard to keep in place and are otherwise objectionable. The same applies to additional plies of cloth, secured to the neck band about the button holes, which are to be starched without starching the rest of the collar, such collars are invariably starched all over by the lau ndries onthey are not starched at all. it being practically impossible to educate the ordinary laundry into properly starching a collar of this type. lVhen. however, a collar is provided with extension tabs. in accordance with this invention, it is a very easy matter to get laundries to starch only the tabs. I

Of course, if desired, one of the tabs can be omitted, but in an ordinary collar it is desirable to use both front and back tabs.

l l hile the invention has "been described with particular reference to the details of construction, the same is not to be considered\as limited thereto as many changes can be made and still fall within the scope of the invention set forth in the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. A soft turned down collar provided with an extension folding tab secured to the neck-band at the back. said tab beingadapted to be starched. and being shaped to extend to the top of the collar to support the back of the same in proper position.

2. A soft turned down collar provided with cxtensionfolding tabs at the front and back. adapted to be starched. said tabs having buttonboles therein and being shaped to extend to the top of the collar and to conform thereto to support the front and back of the collar in proper position.

3. A soft turned down collar having an enlarged opening for the collar button at In testimony whereof-I have signed this the back, and an extension folding tab se-v specification in the presence oftwo subsorib- 10 gored to the bottom of the neck band at the ing Witnesses ack and adapted to be starched said. tab T v r l 5 having :1 buttonhole adapted to ziline With' EDWARD QUIGLEY' said opening and being shaped to extend to \Vltnesses; I the, top of the collar to support the back of LEO J MANY,- the same in proper position. PA L H. FRANKE. 

